Press Photo/Noel A. WebleyKiss and Corey 4 NZIX of La Famiglia, a hip-hop group awarded best new local rock debut album, perform at the Jammie Awards show.

GRAND RAPIDS -- It was a very good night for Karisa Wilson.

The Grand Rapids singer-songwriter, guitarist and fiddler not only nabbed the best local album of the year award at Tuesday night's Jammie Awards, presented by WYCE-FM (88.1), she also was named best new local artist.

And the all-female string band she once played for, Nobody's Darlin', won the award for best new local folk debut for its album, "This World is Not my Home."

Wilson, a fixture on West Michigan's music scene who also has had stints with rock's Sweet Japonic and hip-hop's La Famiglia, released her long-awaited solo debut album, "Little Girl," in August.

La Famiglia, led by Mike G, shared best new local rock debut honors on Tuesday with "truckabilly" band Truckstop Cobras.

Press Photo/Noel A. WeblyJerry Lancaster and Jessie MacIntosh, of Tinkers Tea, which won for best new local worldbeat album, perform at the Jammie Awards show.

Held for the first time in Wealthy Theatre, 1130 Wealthy St. SE, the 2008 Jammie Awards, which honor the best in West Michigan's music in several genres, attracted nearly 400 local fans and musicians for an evening of award presentations and performances by 15 bands and artists.